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Subscription Options

Description

The most common ways for people to subscribe to a blog and its content are through RSS, Email and Twitter. Some people syndicate to Facebook too. This plugin places related subscription icons in a widget area and lets users enter their own feed or page URLs and select the colour of their icons. Its really simple but theres lots of power under the hood.

Features:

Offers an attractive range of subscription options for your readers using familiar-looking icons.

Intuitive interface for editing options, including your feed or page URLs, widget title and icon sizes.

Setup:

Go to your ‘Appearance > Widgets’ panel and select the widget area you wish for the plugin to appear in.

Enter the following details:

Widget Title

RSS Feed URL & Colour

Email Service URL & Colour

Twitter Stream URL & Colour

Facebook Page URL & Colour

Size of Feed Icons

Please note that you don’t need to use all the icons – just don’t enter a URL if you don’t want an icon to show up.

Please also note that you can use any HTML colour code, be it HEX code or HTML Color Name.

Hit ‘Done’ then ‘Save Changes’. Test the appearance and perhaps change the size of the icons as necessary.

If you would like additional icons for LinkedIn, Flickr, Google+, Podcasting, YouTube, Pinterest, Spotify or Tumblr please consider installing the Subscription Options Add-on Pack and a new set of subscription options will automatically appear in the widget options panel.

FAQ

Where do I put the widget?

You can place the widget wherever you like as long as it is within a pre-defined widget area. I haven’t worked out how to let people place the widget wherever they like. Let me know if you can help on my contact page though.

Can I style the widget in my own way?

Yes of course, it’s WordPress! You can use your stylesheet.css or this widget’s internal stylesheet to override your theme’s default widget settings by using the following CSS classes:

img.suboptions-icon – all icons (useful for setting alignment or spacing)

img.rss-icon – the RSS feed icon

img.email-icon – the email service icon

img.twitter-icon – the Twitter icon

img.facebook-icon – the Facebook icon
Please note that the icons’ sizes will still need to be set from within the widget admin panel. CSS doesn’t let you override that.

Why have my icons turned grey and colourless?

You’ll need to re-enter your colours, as the widget now uses a different way to pick them. You can pick any HTML colour, be it via HEX code or HTML Color Name. Just enter your preference and hit ‘Save’ in the widget settings.

Why don’t my icons have nice rounded corners any more?

The latest version of this plugin gives you thousands of new colour options, using transparent icons and CSS3 rounded corners. As such, the widget looks best in modern CSS3-compatible web browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome or IE9. If you are not entirely comfortable with this, you can always roll back to an older version.

How do I find my Feedburner Email Service URL?

The clickstream from within Feedburner looks like this: Publicize > Email Subscriptions > Activate. Then right click and copy the text that says ‘Preview Subscription Link…’ That’s your Feedburner Email Service URL.

Where can I find more help and support?

Just email me from the contact page on my blog or leave a comment right here. I’ll be happy to help where possible.